Improvement in fruit-driers



I B. P. ELLS. FRUIT 111111111.

No. 112,022. Patented Feb. 21, 1871.

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or DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,022, dated February 21, 1871.

I, BENJAMIN F. ELLs, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Fruit- Driers, of which the following is a specification:

cases in which the fruit is packed, and placed within an inolosing-shell, which is supplied with air heated by radiation from the gutside of a furnace located within theinclosing-shell beneath the drier.

Figure l is a transverse vertical secti on, and Fig. 2 a plan view.

In the drawing, a is the upper, and b the lower, section of the in'closing-shell, the two sections bein g hinged together, so that the upper may be thrown back. 0 is the furnace in the lower part of the shell. d is the shaft, mounted at the top of the lower section, b. e are the radial arms, h the oblong frames, and 'i 'the wire screens, which together compose the fruit-cases.

The frames h are to be made of galvanized iron, and the wire nettings are to be coated with tin, so as to prevent the fruit from staining by contact with the metal. The shell-is to be made of sheet'iron.

The two frames h of each case may be swung .or sweating it.

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A tube, k, is attached to the end of each case, which, when slipped on'over .the radial arms 6 and secured-thereon by springs, connects the cases with the shaft d.

The top of the shell is pierced with ventilating-orifices, which are provided with slides to regulate the draft, and furnishedwith the usual hoods n.

I This drier need not weigh over seventy-five pounds. Its dimensions may conveniently be two feet in length, four and one-fourth feetin height, and two and one-half feet in width. It dries fruit perfectly in from oneand onehalf to two hours without burning, smoking,

The cases may be removed and an oven substituted resting on ledges or springs, and provided with a perforated bottom, H

The outside of the furnace may also be used as a place for heating fiatirons;

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 1. A fruit-case, h '6, combined with tubes 7:, in the manner and fort-he purpose specified.

2. The combination of the shaft d, radial arms 0, and fruit-cases h i, in the manner and for the object specified.

BENJAMlN F. ELLS.

Witnesses:

THOS. D. MrroHELL, JAMES LINDEN. 

